I'm almost out of time. For many members of Parliament and communities across the country, the presence of federal government buildings is....
Prince George is not a small community. I lived there for two years. It is not a small town, but relative to Canada's big cities.... In downtown Prince George the provincial government offices, the provincial court offices, and the federal government building were really an anchor for economic development around them.
The smaller the community is, the more important is the presence of post offices, and so on. Is the sensitivity of small communities something the department has taken into consideration and recognized?